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Date |
: Sept 19th, 2001 |
| Category |
: Storage |
| Manufacturer |
: Western Digital |
| Author |
: Jin-Wei Tioh |
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We are still tackling the issues relating to numerical values for drive temperature and noise levels. Our previous hard drive evaluation, the Barracuda ATA IV review, has more details on this.
Again, the operating temperature and noise produced by the Caviar WD1000BB is definitely lower than the levels found in previous generations of 7200 RPM drives. It is quiet and unobstrusive, though to us it seems to run a touch warmer than the Deskstar 60GXP after heavy extended usage (eg. right after IOMeter). While it would probably be fine without any form of active cooling, we make it a rule of the thumb to cool any >= 7200 RPM drives in our personal systems.
So overall, how did the Caviar WD1000BB fare, performance-wise? It rises to the occasion to rival the Seagate Barracuda ATA IV, though it still lags the IBM Deskstar 60GXP by a small average margin in the IOMeter tests due to its slower seek time. This excellent performance showing, coupled with the fact that it is the only drive with a monstrous capacity of 100GB makes it the new leader in the 7200 RPM IDE category at BlueSmoke. Congratulations Western Digital!
| Western Digital Caviar WD1000BB |
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